A new study shows students drop out when they can't afford the price of college. Our guest looks at issues of college affordability, student debt and the dream of graduation. We talk with the author of "Paying the Price."

In the United States, a college degree has long been seen as a ticket to a better life — an undeniable part of the American dream. But for many young people that dream is slipping away as college education simply becomes too expensive.

In the race for Wisconsin's U.S. senate seat, both candidates risk alienating voters by changing or replacing the Affordable Care Act. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson wants to repeal and replace the law, while his challenger, Democrat Russ Feingold, who voted for the ACA, wants to keep it.

Xcel Energy, Dairyland Power Cooperative and nine other utility companies celebrated the completion of the line at a substation in Hampton, Minnesota, on Monday. After a decade of planning and construction, the transmission line now stretches across southern Minnesota to the La Crosse area.

In the last five years, there's been plenty of legal ups and downs for the state's voter ID law, which will be in effect this November. It's the first time the law has been in effect for a general election...but just how did we get here? Two of WPR's state...

After more than a year downturn for the frac sand industry in Wisconsin, two previously closed mines in the Chippewa Valley have resumed operations. A reporter looks at what this might signal for the future of the state's frac sand industry.

Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will meet Monday night in the first of three debates. The matchup is expected to be one of the most-watched presidential debates in United States history.

In one of the nation's most closely watched U.S. Senate races, voters have heard Wisconsin's Republican Ron Johnson and Democrat Russ Feingold talk about many issues, but the high out-of-pocket costs of health care isn't usually one of them.